Managed Services Summit Why should you attend?

Now in its 8th year, the Managed Services Summit Manchester continues to complement its sister events in London, Stockholm, and Amsterdam, serving as a premier event for the UK, Nordics, and European IT channels. The Northern UK market offers unique opportunities and challenges, emphasizing cost-efficiency, practical innovation, and long-term partnerships, making it particularly relevant for MSPs and IT providers.

The Managed Services Summit is series of executive-level events, so you know you’ll be among the best in the sector, and those featured will explore the latest trends and developments, evolving customer requirements and how to create value through managed services – both for your own organisation and your customers

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Industry Insights

Presentations will cover the latest trends, evolving customer requirements, and strategies for creating value through managed services.

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Breakouts

Attend a range of sessions led by leading specialists in the field, focusing on technical, sales, and business-related topics.

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Networking

Connect with professionals in the IT channel, including senior decision makers and industry leaders.

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Interactions

Engage in discussions, debates, and collaborations with event sponsors and peers across the industry.

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MSS Benelux

30th June 2026, Amsterdam

MSS London

9th September 2026, London

MSS Nordics

5th November 2026, Stockholm

Meet our 2026 Event Speakers

Will Garside

IT Europa

Will Garside

IT Europa

Will specialises in writing and presenting – producing a huge range of content, ranging from thought-leadership articles to white papers. He started his career as a computer engineer before becoming one of the first producers on Sky TV’s primetime technology show “The Computer Channel” – alongside also covering mainstream business and technology news. He then worked as a product reviewer and technical writer for IT Network before going to Computer Weekly to cover security, telecoms and networking. He worked for several large technology brands including Microsoft and EMC as a technical writer and media consultant and was also the editor at International Broadcast Engineer – a role that saw him deliver a huge number of detailed analysis pieces on emerging video experiences. He has also written a number of books including tech guides for Which? and several "Dummies" guides on topics including big data and storage.

Will is also a highly experienced event moderator, managing content and panels at both the IBC and NAB shows for the last 10 years.

Matt Aldridge

Opentext

Matt Aldridge

Opentext

Matt is a cybersecurity veteran with over 30 years of experience.

Past roles have included building military security software, technical leadership for managed network services at Computacenter (Europe’s largest Systems Integrator) and providing networking & security consultancy to customers and partners in a variety of industries.

In 2014 Matt moved to Webroot BrightCloud (now OpenText Cybersecurity), to work with new customers and partners across EMEA and worldwide. He architects the integration of OpenText Threat Intelligence services & malware detection solutions, with vendor partner engagements across the entire cybersecurity portfolio.

Matt is a cybersecurity evangelist, representing OpenText globally at industry events and in the media, delivering keynote speeches and bespoke presentations on industry topics.


Juliana Najavas

Arrow

Juliana Navajas is a Microsoft Solutions Specialist specialising in Cyber Security, bringing over six years of experience across IT and Microsoft technologies.

Juliana works closely with partners to develop Microsoft Security opportunities, from identifying customer needs and potential upsell areas to supporting enablement and solution positioning. Drawing on her previous experience in solution consulting, she bridges technical understanding with commercial conversations to help partners grow their cybersecurity business.


Hugo Smales

Hornetsecurity

Hugo Smales

Hornetsecurity

Hugo Smales is a Pre-Sales Consultant at Hornetsecurity, specialising in cloud security, email threat protection, and Microsoft 365 governance. With a strong background in email security, phishing simulation, and data resilience, Hugo works closely with MSPs, IT leaders, and security teams to design robust defenses against modern cyber threats and streamline tenant compliance.

Kieron Moore

Acronis

Kieron Moore

Acronis

Kieron Moore leads strategic partner acquisition for Acronis across the UK and Ireland. He began his career in business continuity and disaster recovery, supporting organisations in the finance, government and charity sectors. Since joining Acronis six years ago, he has specialised in complex, distributed enterprise and retail environments. Kieron helps partners and customers strengthen their cloud transformation strategies through integrated data protection, cybersecurity and automation, with a focus on building resilience and improving operational efficiency.

Rory Entwhistle

Megaport

Rory is a Sales Executive at Megaport, helping businesses simplify and modernise their IT infrastructure through flexible, on-demand network connectivity, cloud, compute and storage solutions.


He works closely with enterprises, service providers and technology partners to deliver scalable infrastructure solutions, connecting data centres, public clouds and private environments while enabling access to high-performance CPU, GPU and storage resources.


His focus is on helping organisations reduce complexity, optimise costs and build more agile, resilient infrastructure to support their evolving business needs, from multicloud connectivity to AI and high-performance computing.


Ed Baker

Netwrix

Ed Baker

Netwrix

At Netwrix Corporation Ed Baker leverages 30+ years of expertise in leadership, strategic sales, channel partnerships and ecosystem strategies to drive market growth. Known for championing an innovative approach, Ed is a self-confessed 'AI Addict' having been a founder and advisor for several AI startups.

Elliot Wilkie

Elovade UK & I

Elliot Wilkie

Elovade UK & I

Elliot is the Product Manager at Elovade UK &I. His key focuses include Microsoft 365 management and DMARC, helping MSPs with both technical and sales support. After launching a key Elovade UK&I vendor, helping it to become the fastest growing vendor partnership in its history, Elliot has also deployed this vendor across the pan-European group.

Meet our 2026 Event Sponsors

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